The Coventry General Charity
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The charity's priority is Coventry, and its trustees look particularly at work that benefits and serves Coventry citizens, so a request needs a clear local link.
- Only charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty and distress can apply, and individuals not resident in Coventry are not funded except in exceptional cases.
- Its stated priorities are grants to needy citizens and needy pensioners, medical research into cancer and heart disease, and education and music, so your project should sit within one of these.
- No application process is published and no grant range is stated, so use the contact shown for getting in touch to ask about likely award sizes before setting an amount.
- The annual report does not say how competitive its giving is, so a short first enquiry is the sensible way to find out.
Overview
The Coventry General Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1195498).
The Coventry General Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, whose purpose is relief in need for people resident in the City of Coventry who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. Its programmes are grants to needy citizens of Coventry, charitable gifts to needy pensioners, grants to charities that provide benefit and services to Coventry citizens, grants for medical research into cancer and heart disease, and grants for education and music. Its annual giving is £815,801.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's work centres on relieving need, hardship and distress among Coventry residents, including grants to needy citizens and charitable gifts to needy pensioners. It also supports local institutions and organisations that provide items, services or facilities for people in need in the city, and gives grants to Coventry people for education and research. Its stated priorities include charities providing benefits and services to Coventry citizens, medical research into cancer and heart disease, education and music. Medical research is a particular aim within the advancement of education and research.
Themes
- Relief in need
- Pensioner support
- Local charitable services
- Medical research
- Education and music
Geographic Focus
Priority: Coventry.
What they don't fund
- People who are not resident in Coventry, except in exceptional cases where the trustees may grant relief to people resident immediately outside the city
- People who are not resident in Coventry, or whose parent or parents are not resident immediately outside the city, except in exceptional cases
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Who can apply:
- Charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty and distress.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The trustees particularly look at grants to needy citizens of Coventry.
- They particularly look at charitable gifts to needy pensioners of the City of Coventry.
- They particularly look at charities whose work benefits and serves Coventry citizens.
- They particularly look at medical research into cancer and heart disease.
- They particularly look at education and music.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Coventry
Similar funders
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4 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £2,150,344 | £1,916,062 | £815,801 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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